Example sentences of "who preside over the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such was Roger de Clifford the Elder , who presided over the southern forests 1265–81 , and his grandson Robert de Clifford , ‘ one of the greatest barons of the age ’ who headed the northern Forest administration 1297–1308 . |
| 2 | The $338m damages an Arizona jury awarded to Standard Chartered against Price Waterhouse in the US has been struck out , and a retrial ordered by the same judge who presided over the original trial . |
| 3 | In his verdict the judge who presided over the four-month hearing said that Gecas ( formerly Antanas Gecevicius ) , 76 , a retired mining engineer living in Edinburgh , had " participated in … the killing of innocent Soviet citizens , including Jews , in Byelorussia during the last three months of 1941 " . |
| 4 | The party also nominated the head of state ( currently Mathieu Kerekou , who assumed office in 1972 and was most recently re-elected in August 1989 ) , who was elected by the Assembly for a five-year term and who presided over the National Executive Council . |
| 5 | Indeed , I would be deeply concerned to think that the people who preside over the Central Council of Physical Recreation do not know it . |